On May 11, 1:35*am, wrote:
...
For short stuff like you want, you could
probably knock together a sliding trough out of pine and use a
tombstone reject or maybe a cheap Chinese surface plate(almost the
same thing).
Stan

I've heard that a canvas-lined wooden tray works, although it didn't
for me using battery lead. I didn't have enough 50:50 solder to fill
the sliding box.

Jim Wilkins